William Robb wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts" > >> William Robb wrote: >> >> >Personally, I think film will be around for a long time yet. >> >Like the pundits of previous eras proclaiming the death of >> >theater when motion pictures were introduced, or the end of >> >radio when television became commonplace, the doomsayers of >> >film are also mistaken. >> >> I think you're right. I *hope* you're right. >> >> Still I can't help but think of those who predicted the death >> of super-8 film when video was introduced... > >Video was an improvement over Super-8. >The same does not hold true here.
Irrelevant. VHS was a step down in quality from Beta and came later but it won out. The compact disc took the market away from the vinyl record mostly because of convenience, however you regard the quality (and as someone else pointed out the original CD players sounded ghastly). Convenience, as well as the fun of high technology for its own sake, has a very powerful pull. I'm not predicting the imminent death of traditional film, but how long film holds out against digital will have to do with how joe consumer sees the two in terms of meeting his needs. Quality standards have little to do with this (and digital is improving at an alarming rate) so other factors will be primary. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
